May 2020: the main classical music anniversaries to celebrate
Every month, composers and musicians to remember! Classical music and opera have brought out tens of thousands of artists, are performed in thousands of venues and their composers have written scores in great numbers throughout 10 centuries of history. From January 1 to December 31, there are therefore many opportunities to remember a composer or discover an artist, to explore a genre or to expand a work' s knowledge.
May 2020 : essential commemorations
2020 is, as every year, an opportunity to celebrate many centenarians or multi-centenarians related to classical music and opera. In May 2020, some well-known or not so famous artists, composers or musicians, are to be commemorated: Maya Kuliyeva (100th anniversary, Birth), Jean-Marie Auberson (100th anniversary, Birth), Rosalind Elias (0th anniversary, Death), Mukasch Abdrajew (100th anniversary, Birth), Fanka Ikonomova (100th anniversary, Birth)... and many more.
What's next? Every month, dozens of anniversaries are good reasons to discover a work, to rediscover a musician. Next month? June 2020... In a year? May 2021...
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Day by day, all celebrations for May 2020
Maya Kuliyeva, Celebrations (May 2020), Classical music, Soviet opera singer and actor
100th anniversary (Birth)
Aleksander Kovač, Celebrations (May 2020), Classical music, opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Jean-Marie Auberson, Celebrations (May 2020), Classical music, Swiss musician (1920-2004)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Alessandro Scarlatti, Celebrations (May 2020), Classical music, Italian composer
360th anniversary (Birth)
Rosalind Elias, Celebrations (May 2020), Classical music, American mezzo-soprano
Death
Anatoly Vedernikov, Celebrations (May 2020), Classical music, Soviet Russian pianist
100th anniversary (Birth)
Mukasch Abdrajew, Celebrations (May 2020), Classical music, Soviet composer and music educator (1920-1979)
100th anniversary (Birth)
Paul Abraham, Celebrations (May 2020), Classical music, Hungarian composer
60th anniversary (Death)
Fanka Ikonomova, Celebrations (May 2020), Classical music, cantatrice
100th anniversary (Birth)
Hortense Schneider, Celebrations (May 2020), Classical music, singer
100th anniversary (Death)
Konstantin Lyadov, Celebrations (May 2020), Classical music, Russian conductor (1820-1871)
200th anniversary (Birth)
John Macurdy, Celebrations (May 2020), Classical music, American opera singer
Death
Niccolò Piccinni, Celebrations (May 2020), Classical music, Italian composer
220th anniversary (Death)
Carl Stamitz, Celebrations (May 2020), Classical music, German composer of partial Czech ancestry
275th anniversary (Birth)
Luigi Nono, Celebrations (May 2020), Classical music, Italian composer
30th anniversary (Death)
Giovanni Paisiello, Celebrations (May 2020), Classical music, Italian composer of the Classical era
280th anniversary (Birth)
Attila Fülöp, Celebrations (May 2020), Classical music, (1942--2020) opera singer and audio engineer
Death
Guðmundur Jónsson, Celebrations (May 2020), Classical music, opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Gabriela Montero, Celebrations (May 2020), Classical music, Venezuelan musician
50th anniversary (Birth)
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, Celebrations (May 2020), Classical music, French army officer
260th anniversary (Birth)
Charles Avison, Celebrations (May 2020), Classical music, English composer
250th anniversary (Death)
Claudio Nicolai, Celebrations (May 2020), Classical music, German baritone
Death
Gabriel Fauré, Celebrations (May 2020), Classical music, French composer, organist, pianist and teacher
175th anniversary (Birth)
Carl Fredrik Lundqvist, Celebrations (May 2020), Classical music, Swedish actor
100th anniversary (Death)
Andrzej Saciuk, Celebrations (May 2020), Classical music, Polish singer
Death
Gareth Morris, Celebrations (May 2020), Classical music, British musician
100th anniversary (Birth)
Angelo Lo Forese, Celebrations (May 2020), Classical music, Italian opera singer
Death
Anne Akiko Meyers, Celebrations (May 2020), Classical music, American concert violinist
50th anniversary (Birth)
Pauline Viardot, Celebrations (May 2020), Classical music, French mezzo-soprano and composer
110th anniversary (Death)
Francesco Maria Piave, Celebrations (May 2020), Classical music, Italian librettist
210th anniversary (Birth)
Jean-Pierre Rampal, Celebrations (May 2020), Classical music, French flutist
20th anniversary (Death)
Gustave Vogt, Celebrations (May 2020), Classical music, French oboist, composer and music educator
150th anniversary (Death)
Michał Bergson, Celebrations (May 2020), Classical music, Polish musician
200th anniversary (Birth)
Carmelo Mollica, Celebrations (May 2020), Classical music, opera singer, actor
100th anniversary (Birth)
Franz von Suppè, Celebrations (May 2020), Classical music, Austrian composer and conductor
125th anniversary (Death)
Neil Howlett, Celebrations (May 2020), Classical music, British opera singer
Death
Alexander Fesca, Celebrations (May 2020), Classical music, German musician
200th anniversary (Birth)
Howard Mawson, Celebrations (May 2020), Classical music, Canadian singer and opera singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Georg Jarno, Celebrations (May 2020), Classical music, Hungarian composer
100th anniversary (Death)
Henri van Zanten, Celebrations (May 2020), Classical music, Dutch artist
Death
Stasys Baranauskas-Baras, Celebrations (May 2020), Classical music, Lithuanian singer
100th anniversary (Birth)
Niccolò Paganini, Celebrations (May 2020), Classical music, Italian violinist, violist, guitarist, and composer
180th anniversary (Death)
Leonardo Vinci, Celebrations (May 2020), Classical music, Italian opera composer
290th anniversary (Death)
Claude Heater, Celebrations (May 2020), Classical music, American opera singer
Death
Isaac Albéniz, Celebrations (May 2020), Classical music, Spanish composer
160th anniversary (Birth)
Mily Balakirev, Celebrations (May 2020), Classical music, Russian composer, pianist, and conductor
110th anniversary (Death)
George London, Celebrations (May 2020), Classical music, opera singer from Canada
100th anniversary (Birth)
Mady Mesplé, Celebrations (May 2020), Classical music, French soprano
Death
Joachim Neander, Celebrations (May 2020), Classical music, German minister and composer
340th anniversary (Death)